Home is supposed to be the place where you feel safest. Yet ordinary household activities can sometimes lead to serious accidents, especially when people become...
During the Apollo missions in the 1960s, astronauts collected lunar rocks to bring back to Earth, but to lighten their cargo, they left 96 bags of urine and feces on the...
We’ve thrown a lot of disasters at Earth over the years: from asteroids and aliens, to the Sun’s death. But hey, the Universe is a dangerous place, and we’re not...
Imagine Earth with an even 50/50 split between continents and oceans. Our planet covered half by land half by water. How would this change the planet as you know it...
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The Moon Is Shrinking Earth to a Quarter of Its Gravity, and Our Air Is Slipping Away
Our atmosphere stays where it is for one simple reason. Earth is heavy enough to hold it down. Take that mass away and the air begins drifting off into space, quietly...
Flooding, devastation, and disease. What could all these awful things have in common? Rain. And lots of it. We’re not talking April showers here. So, imagine a...
Voyager 1 is on a journey that will outlast civilizations, outlive the Sun’s familiar neighborhood, and eventually drift into regions of space no human made object has...
Nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic, another group of fearless explorers had already reached North America. At the very edge of the...
Make room, earthling. We’re moving the other planets in our Solar System into our planetary neck of the woods. Would all the planets fit into this Goldilocks zone? What...
Would you drink water that was extracted from the Moon? With NASA’s recent discovery of water on the Moon’s surface, it might become a more common practice...
What would you do if you grabbed a tree branch and suddenly realized it was not a branch, but a snake? Now imagine that snake launching itself directly toward you...
In the beginning, there was nothing. Well, except for you. And the Big Bang. What would the first moments of the Universe be like? What would happen over the next...
On average, over 8000 people die each year in the U.S. because they can’t get an organ transplant. What if we could actually rebuild our failing organs? That...
Extreme temperatures can push the human body far beyond its limits. Whether someone is trapped in freezing conditions or exposed to intense heat, the consequences can...
The year is 2061, and two engineers are arguing about the end of the universe. Can entropy, the slow universal decay of everything into disorder, ever be reversed? Can...
A remarkable archaeological discovery hidden beneath the dense rainforests of Guatemala is changing what experts know about the ancient Maya civilization. Using advanced...
A loud explosion wakes you up in the middle of the night. You look out the window and see a missile hit a building across the street. The neighborhood you grew up in, is...
Would you ever want to buy your own planet? Even if it was just the size of a house? It could be the perfect vacation spot! Unbeatable privacy and breathtaking views...
Imagine boarding a one hour flight with your mother on Christmas Eve. You’re 17 years old. The holidays are here. In just a little while, you’ll be...
You’re halfway through your flight when you start feeling nauseous. You don’t usually get airsick. But today you’re feeling terrible. What...
